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4. Miliusa Roxlurghiana, Hf. et Th., Fl. Ind., I. 150. — This 

 has a solitary erect ovule, quite similar to that of Phceanthus nutans, 

 to which it shows close resemblance ; it will, therefore, be necessary 

 to refer the former to the same genus, and as JJvaria dioica, Rox- 

 burgh, Fl. Ind., II, 659, is identical with it, the species may be 

 called 'Phceanthus dioicus. 



MENISPERMA CEM. 



5. PachygOIlG dasycarpa, n. sp. — Frutex scandens, ra- 

 mulis novellisque tomentosis ; folia ovalia, 1J — 2 poll, longa, pet- 

 iolo gracili tomentello \ — 1 pollicari suffulta, obtusiuscula, v. rarius 

 emarginata, mucronulata, coriacea, glaberrima, nervosa, lucida ; 

 racemi pedicellique crassi, flavicante tomentosi ; drupae oblique 

 obovales, dense flavicante tomentosse, pisi majoris magnitudine. — 

 Siam, Kanbiiri (Teysmannin Hb. Bog. No. 5993.) 



Besides the very different indumentum of the drupes and inflo- 

 rescences the shape and nervature of the leaves differ considerably 

 from those of P. ovata. 



Thwmiscium pyrrhobotryum, M i q., in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat., 

 IV, 81 = Tinom. phytocrenoides y Kurz, in Tydsch. Nat. Vereen. 

 XXV. 



CAPPARIDEJE. 



6. CappariS roydsisefolia, n. sp.— Frutex scandens, g la- 

 berrimus ; folia oblonga v. elliptico-oblonga, breve et crasse petiolata, 

 basi rotundata v. obtusa, apice obtusiuscula et mucronata, sub- 

 coriacea, 6-8 poll, longa, glabra, in sicco flavescentia, subtus nervis 

 prominentibus percursa et laxe reticulata ; aculei stipulares, breves, 

 patentes, stricti ; flores 4 — 5-ni, supra foliorum axilla orientes, breve 

 pedicellati, racemum terminalem formantes ; sepala marginibus 

 lanata ; petala cire 6 lin. longa, obovato-lanceolata, floccoso-pube- 

 rula ; gynophorum abbreviatum, circ. J lin. longum, unacum ovario 

 glaberrimum ; stamina numerosa ; baccse* . — Siam (T e y s m a n n, 

 in Hort. Bogor.) — A very distinct species, closely resembling in 

 foliage Moydsia suaveolens. 



7. CappariS flavicans, n. sp. — Frutex habitu Cadah® Indi- 

 ca, novellis omnibus unacum foliis fulvo v. flavicanter tomentosis, 



